Yule's Apiaries strives to produce strong nucleus colonies and raise queens from hardy overwintered stock. Our philosophy for dealing with honeybee pests and diseases has been and continues to be the absolute NON use of chemicals and other foreign material. Varroa, tracheal mites, hive beetles and wax moths are dealt with by the bees and the bees themselves. This pest management strategy depends on the selection of queens from thriving spring colonies who were top producers the previous season. Top performing colonies that overwinter well emerge in spring, strong and ready to bring in nectar. I have also sought out and acquired bees which display hygienic behavior and other survival characteristics. I believe these bees contain genes allowing for high survivability in a treatment free environment.

We will be selling open bred queens from our stock along with open bred daughters of an instrumentally inseminated breeder queen. The breeder is a Carni x VSH breeder from Glenn Apiaries

The lower left image is an example of the type of colonies we strive for in our apiaries. Breeder Queens are selected from hives which maintain established integrity through the winter and develop rapidly in spring. We all know strong colonies are crucial for producing honey and bees.